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Condoms needed in PNG prisons

BANGKOK, 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Papua New Guinea (PNG) study released today calls for condoms to be made more widely available in prisons. full report

PNG grapples with ageing health workforce

 PORT MORESBY, 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a Pacific country rich in natural resources, yet its health staffing levels are comparable to the world’s poorest countries due to a rapidly retiring force and lack of qualified replacements. full report

Bednet indifference threatens PNG progress on malaria

 MASUMAVE, 15 February 2013 (IRIN) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) could face an upsurge in malaria cases due to overly relaxed attitudes to the use of bednets, health experts warn. full report

In Brief: First major survey of cervical cancer in PNG

 BANGKOK, 4 February 2013 (IRIN) - A large-scale survey of cervical cancer will be launched later this month in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where more than 1,500 women die of the disease each year. full report

Concern over unsafe abortions in Papua New Guinea

 BANGKOK, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Health experts are concerned about the number of unsafe abortions taking place in Papua New Guinea (PNG). full report

Activists rap Australia’s offshore processing of migrants

 PERTH, 14 January 2013 (IRIN) - Human rights groups have strongly condemned conditions at Australia’s two offshore processing centres for asylum seekers on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: West Papuan refugees hope for citizenship

 PORT MORESBY, 17 December 2012 (IRIN) - Access to citizenship could prove the best hope yet for thousands of West Papuan refugees living in Papua New Guinea (PNG). full report

Analysis: Australia's offshore asylum process

 MELBOURNE, 30 November 2012 (IRIN) - Activists in Australia have expressed concern over a recent decision by the government to reinstate the processing of asylum seekers offshore. full report

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: No relief for flood-affected refugees

 BANGKOK, 17 October 2012 (IRIN) - Environmental damage caused by copper mining in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has affected thousands of refugees from the neighbouring Indonesian province of West Papua who have not received any support from PNG or the mining company, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and NGOs. full report

HEALTH: Asia fails to take up rotavirus vaccine

 BANGKOK, 7 September 2012 (IRIN) - Most countries in Asia have yet to make the rotavirus vaccine part of their national immunization programme (NIP), despite a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to do so. full report

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